Supporters of U.S. President Barack Obama cheer after networks project Obama as reelected during the Obama Election Night watch party at McCormick Place November 6, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Networks project Obama has won reelection against Republican candidate, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP

WASHINGTON- US President Barack Obama swept to re-election Tuesday, creating history again by defying the undertow of a slow economic recovery and high unemployment to beat Republican foe Mitt Romney.

Obama became only the second Democrat to win a second four-year White House term since World War II, when television networks projected he would win the bellwether state of Ohio where he had staged a pitched battle with Romney.

“This happened because of you. Thank you,” Obama tweeted to his 22 million followers on Twitter as a flurry of states, including Iowa, which nurtured his unlikely White House dreams suddenly tipped into his column.

With a clutch of swing states, including Florida and Virginia still to be declared, Obama already had 275 electoral votes, more than the 270 needed for the White House and looked set for a comfortable victory.

There was a sudden explosion of jubilation at Obama’s Chicago victory party as the first African American president, who was elected on a wave of hope and euphoria four years ago, booked another four years in the White House.

Romney’s aides had predicted that a late Romney wave would sweep Obama from office after a single term haunted by a sluggish recovery from the worst economic crisis since the 1930s Great Depression and high unemployment.

But a huge cheer rang out at Obama headquarters when television networks projected Obama would retain Pennsylvania and its 20 electoral votes, and the party grew wilder as they called Wisconsin and Michigan.

The mood at Romney headquarters in Boston however had grown subdued throughout the evening as partisans stared at their smart phones.

Disappointed Republicans were seen leaving what had been billed as a celebration of Romney’s expected triumph in central Washington.

Defeats in New Hampshire, where Romney has a summer home and Wisconsin, the home of Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan were especially sickening for Republicans.

Early signs were that the election, while a building triumph for Obama would do little to ease the deep polarization afflicting US politics, as Republicans racked up huge margins in safe states, though struggled in battlegrounds.

Exit polls appeared to vindicate the vision of the race offered by Obama’s campaign, when top aides predicted that Obama’s armies of African American, Latinos and young voters would come out in droves.

Polls also showed that though only 39 percent of people believed that the economy was improving, around half of Americans blamed President George W. Bush for the tenuous situation, and not Obama.

The president, who made history by becoming America’s first black president after a euphoric victory, carved a new precedent on Tuesday by defying the portents of a hurting economy to win a second term.

He awaited his fate in his hometown of Chicago, while Romney, a multi-millionaire former investment manager and Massachusetts governor was laying low in a hotel in Boston awaiting results.

As expected, television networks projected that Republicans would win the House of Representatives.

Democrats clung onto the Senate, and retained a seat in Missouri, where Senator Claire McCaskill fended off a challenge by Representative Todd Akin, whose remarks about rape and abortion sparked national outrage.

Both presidential candidates had earlier marked time while voters dictated their fates.

Romney appeared caught up in the emotion of seeing his name on the ballot for President of the United States and also saw an omen in a huge crowd that showed up at a multi-story parking lot to see his plane land at Pittsburgh airport.

“Intellectually I felt that we’re going to win this and I’ve felt that for some time,” Romney told reporters on his plane.

“But emotionally, just getting off the plane and seeing those people standing there… I not only think we’re going to win intellectually but I feel it as well.”

While Romney penned his victory speech, Obama took part in his election day tradition of playing a game of pick-up basketball with friends, including Chicago Bulls legend Scottie Pippen, after visiting a campaign office near his Chicago home.

The president, who like a third of Americans voted before election day, congratulated Romney on “a spirited campaign” despite their frequently hot tempered exchanges.

“I know that his supporters are just as engaged and just as enthusiastic and working just as hard today. We feel confident we’ve got the votes to win, that it’s going to depend ultimately on whether those votes turn out,” he said.

“I think anybody who’s running for office would be lying if they say that there’s not some butterflies before the polls come in because anything can happen,” the president added later in a radio interview.

CBS News, quoting early exit polls, said 39 percent of people approached after they had voted said the economy, the key issue, was improving, while 31 percent said it was worse and 28 saw it as staying the same.

Voters were also choosing a third of the Democratic-led Senate and the entire Republican-run House of Representatives. But, with neither chamber expected to change hands, the current political gridlock will likely continue.

The US presidential election is not directly decided by the popular vote, but requires candidates to pile up a majority — 270 — of 538 electoral votes awarded state-by-state on the basis of population.

A candidate can therefore win the nationwide popular vote and still be deprived of the presidency by falling short in the Electoral College.

The election went ahead in New Jersey with thousands of people without power, and large areas devastated by superstorm Sandy which roared ashore last week killing more than 100 people.

Adora Agim, an immigrant from Nigeria, said the chaos shouldn’t stop voting. “I have lived in a Third World country where your vote does not matter. It’s nice to be somewhere where it matters,” she said, in Hoboken, New Jersey.

The central message of Obama’s campaign has been that he saved America from a second Great Depression after the economy was on the brink of collapse when he took over from Republican president George W. Bush in 2009.

He claims credit for ending the war in Iraq, saving the US auto industry, killing Osama bin Laden, offering almost every American health insurance, and passing the most sweeping Wall Street reform in decades.

Romney sought to mine frustration with the slow pace of the economic recovery and argued that the president was out of ideas and has no clue how to create jobs, with unemployment at 7.9 percent and millions out of work. AFP

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http://pulse.yahoo.com/_Z6R2QAY7UWNJMTCRTED3JZXPIA Joey

with SWING STATE OHIO, OBAMA WINS RE-ELECTION!

johnllander

How many days more will the PDI report about US election?

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_BL2GYU35SO6HTJUEAUTXS3QFYM George Lapulapu

tomorrow Chinese election naman.. hehehehe

kilabot

the us electorates have become like the pinoy voters. the us will continue to slide to become a 3rd-world nation like the philippines.
opportunists sometimes get their way.

If that’s true, then American voters would cheat, would accept bribes, would vote twice or thrice, would kill, would use violence and the loser would not accept defeat no matter what. Fortunately for Americans and unfortunately for Filipinos in the Philippines, Americans voters are on different level compare to the Filipino voters in the Philippines.

JK1000

Good day for those lazy 52 millions on welfare, wake up early tomorrow to collect your checks from your hard working tax payers.

Karabukov

Ignorant fool!

JK1000

Nasaktan ka ba ?

Karabukov

I’m a hard worker, I am not lazy, I don’t receive food stamps but I don’t condemn those who do, nor do I call them lazy.

On CNN, Mr. James Carville said: “They are really dying inside.” You must be one of them. I might have the same feeling if Mr. Romney won. At least, Mr. Romney was gracious in accepting his defeat, kabayan!

UPnnGrd

I hope PersiNoy was watching the US elections. Lessons to be learned, changes in leadership needed if PersiNoynoy wants to win 2016.

JK1000

It’s only a one term year (FYI)

ApoNiLolo

Just read and “Like” if you agree but don’t comment on things you’re not familiar with. It will expose your ignorance. >: D

If Obama Wins – Expect the same sluggish performance… and Lazy people will continue to emerge lol

http://twitter.com/alfs_alfs Pons Corpuz

And if Romney wins, everything will be better????? proof please..

Daejohn Bynoe

Yay we still got food stamps!

plau808

You can say your piece but that’s the way democracy works! Obama reelected US president! Romney made a chill of Obama though…

nennen12345

yes obama won, that means 4 more years of suffering, 4 more years of trillion debts and 4 more years of being an ineffective president but more effective in unemployment, food stamps, supporting abortion and bail out. people who voted for him will realize in 4 years that they made a bad decision. in few months more businesses will be closed because of high taxes, high insurance and etc.

Karabukov

you must be a genius.

juantamad99

There is nothing more
frightening than ignorance in action.

http://twitter.com/erncastillo ern

i guess it is you who made a bad decision. I pity you to suffer 4 more years….sleep! wake up after 4 years.

tra6Gpeche

On CNN, Mr. James Carville said: “They are really dying inside.” You must be one of them. I might have the same feeling if Mr. Romney won. By the way, Mr. Romney was gracious in accepting defeat!

martial_law_baby

Wow, lots of sore losers in the room! Look out the immigrations’s watching you!

nothing wrong, kimo. it means even if romney wins hawaii obama still wins. but isn’t hawaii a democrat state? if so, a hawaii win is a bonus.

droccu

besides…Hawaii only has 4 electoral votes…Even if you give that to Romney, it wont matter anyway…Obama already breached 270.

http://twitter.com/erncastillo ern

your vote will still be counted anyway. aren’t you proud? Or seems you look cheated! Vote for the winner so when you go to the white house, they will entertain you.

ApoNiLolo

It means your 4 electoral votes no longer count even if you give it to Romney. >: D

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_MAKOIXGGLIHZACY2BZGFYHIYTE dario

your voting in Hawaii no longer has no bearing. wake up!

droccu

Are you joking….?

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_BL2GYU35SO6HTJUEAUTXS3QFYM George Lapulapu

punta ka sa fox news kung ayaw mo ng inquirer…

Yxon

yes fox news had declared obama as winner; but still based on their projection.

Yxon

you are right; even in fox news (which is anti obama) it is still a projection that obama will be winning;

Karabukov

Go to FoxNews and weep.

julieboy

Really a close fight,seems the US is split down the middle 5050 overall..So Pres.Obama has to do a hell of a job to prove he deserves a second term.Anyway the electoral college system is really something that i dont really understand fully.The popular vote is so close almost a tie,the strategy is to concentrate on states with big electoral votes to win the election.Congrats to the Americans,they have reelected Pres. Obama,I wish him well.

lucidlynx

to all you romney supporters! romney doesn’t have an economic plan, period.
obama inherited an economy in shambles and still managed to keep it going. republican policies will just bring hardships to the middle-class and benefit the few rich folks like him. the middle-class is the backbone of America, in case you don’t know.

ThudOthwacker

LOL It was the democrats the reason why they have a mortgage crisis. And Obama bailed out the companies the made money out of the sub prime mortgage scheme.

Karabukov

The Republicans deregulatory policies, nurtured by Alan Greenspan paved the way for the subprime mortgage mess that went haywire in the time of George W. Bush.

tuldok

DICK CHENEY was the real president…:) He should be tried by the International Court in The Hague – Ever seen Dick Cheney travel outside US?

ThudOthwacker

You are very wrong. It was Clinton who expand the mortgage loans to low and moderate income borrowers. Greenspan and Bush warned the impending crisis as early as 2002 and 2003 respectively. McCain filed a bill to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It didn’t passed the floor. Back then both houses of congress are Democrats majority. (D)Cong. Barney Frank block all efforts of the Republican to reform existing GSE(government-sponsored enterprise) regulatory structure. Why? Majority of the subprime borrowers are democrats card holders that’s why.

LuwigVonMises

and obama had a plan? both are practically the same, they both agree pretty much in everything. and by the way there is no such thing as a planned economy.

Karabukov

“The central message of Obama’s campaign has been that he saved America from a second Great Depression after the economy was on the brink of collapse when he took over from Republican president George W. Bush in 2009.

He claims credit for ending the war in Iraq, saving the US auto industry, killing Osama bin Laden, offering almost every American health insurance, and passing the most sweeping Wall Street reform in decades.”

There you have it, the reasons Obama won (or will win if you still can’t believe the projections).

tuldok

Also helping save the Auto Industry – that’s why he can win Ohio (although they already called Ohio for Obama – there are a few challenges being talked about, i.e. anomalies, and thousands of provisional ballots yet to be counted in the coming days)…

there is also the fear of a right leaning Supreme Court if Romney wins – 3 justices will be appointed within 4 years.

But most of all, Romney just flip-flops or lies in a lot of things. Plus the threat on Medicare… etc etc etc

Hey_Dudes

Truly a sad day for America the old America where values and truthfulness are still honored. Today, with this win, more taxes, more gimmmmmess…..gimmmmmmess… more taxes free this free that and all illegals welcome no question ask. Border guards who try ultimately gets killed but that’s alright. Ambassador gets killed and the US president claims it is not terrorism. SAD SAD day for America. Those who voted for the same incompetent prepare yourself for more $4.83@gallon gasoline perhaps more. You blew it!

Karabukov

Sad day? Sad day for you!

Americans are celebrating!

The Amateur Ear .

I’M celebrating! And I’m not even an American!

The man inspires me. He’s made me less cynical. Kudos to the Americans!

ramelatilano

me to..because I preferred obama than romney..

angtangamo

Balik ka na lang Pinas :)

http://twitter.com/erncastillo ern

america sad? ulul.

juantamad99

There is nothing more
frightening than ignorance in action.

ApoNiLolo

“Sour-graping” to the max, are we? >: D

riza888

You need HELP.

Yxon

Hope he will mellow on the health care issue; if not, this will be the beginning of the downfall of mankind in America.

juantamad99

Doubt if you know what you’re talking about Obamacre. For the first time a health reform to stop the never ending profit making of health business Profits will be limited and health insurers has to comply that for every dollar paid for premiums 85 cents should be spent to actual cost, profits are limited. As a matter of facts lots of rebates by health insurers are being issued due to this alone. You can get an insurance without having to worry about your pre-condition situation. You didn’t have to go bankrupt if you get sick.
About time people has to know this fact, not just blaberrings of some that are mostly being paid by Insurance business.

Yxon

what i know about Obamacare is its imposed implementation even against the christian beliefs of its citizen and of the religious institution. this could decrease the valuing for life and morality. I would not discuss on the other aspects of the bill as it is not ours to discuss here.

juantamad99

You are not alone about this misconception about Obamacare. The apprehension you mentioned is precisely why the separation of state and church should apply. Or else you’ll wind up so many version of a particular law to suit all religion. Never the less that is not the issue here. Just an example to make my point clear, concerns about contraception and family planning. It is required by law to be covered by the insurer no matter that particular insurer is being subscribe by particular religion or not. Now if you’re a catholic and because it is against your religion that you don’t want that program, you can ignore it and nobody is forcing you to take it. It’s just there just in case others who wants to avail for it can have it. It’s as simple as that.

Yxon

it not that simple as you had said.
anyway, it’s their society. no need to argue here.

tra6Gpeche

That’s how you feel right now because you lost, kabayan. For those who win, their feeling is the opposite of yours.

juantamad99

What sad day are you talking, can’t you see the world are rejoicing. Complaining about taxes, didn’t realized you’re one of those making $1M a year, about to pay your fair share anyway after freeloading for years from the back of middle class..
Come to think of it I doubt if you really know what’s happening in America, you’re so ignorant of your comments, better shut up it only magnify your stupidity.

marcos_hitler_diktador_tuta

O B A M A ! ! ! Y E S ! ! !

kimo211

another four years feeding these obama welfare brigades.

Karabukov

get over your ignorance.

tra6Gpeche

Kabayan, don’t be a sore loser. Even Mr Romney, at this very moment, is very gracious in accepting defeat. Please watch the news!

marcos_hitler_diktador_tuta

at 270 electoral votes, tapos na kanina pa

marcos_hitler_diktador_tuta

hawaii only has 3 electoral votes. kahit di ka na bumuto dude.

mad_as_Hamlet

YEHEY! ! !

Sarkasmos

Bravo, Obama!!!!!!! The Republicans have no one but themselves to blame for allowing themselves to be hijacked by the extreme right. This is a rejection of ultra-conservatism.

riza888

Common sense and intelligence beats fear and delusion.
I mean lets face it, all the wealthy and well-educated states voted Democrat. Maryland, Delaware, New Hampshire, Connecticut, California, Virginia, MA, NY.. the list goes on and on. They usually do.
What states vote Republican these days? Less educated, poorer. Usually more religious too, all so much easier to brainwash…

I am so disappointed with the outcome. I would have wanted Mitt to win.

Although I am not an American, the leadership of the US has a crucial role in the overall economic welfare of the world. One false move in the States could send shockwaves reverberating throughout the rest of the globe.

Yes it is also good that there would be continuities in Obama’s programs, provided majority of them are good. But since he sat at the white house, all he did was literally sat. I mean, for the last several years, the US had been so laid back in its demeanor and policies that it has plunged the country into the worst economic and political debacle in decades. Someone has to take the rein and institute aggressive reforms.

Of course, the economic forces are something the government cannot entirely control. But as the president, one has a significant influence over the policies that could turn around many faulty moves.

We don’t know what Mitt is capable of but we are adequately acquainted with what Obama is not capable of. The only danger in trying something new is that we may not know what the outcome is. The real danger is when we try to keep something old even though we know that it does not do anything to us.

The only foe of success is not actually failure but deliberate stagnation.

http://twitter.com/alfs_alfs Pons Corpuz

Of course, a Romney supporter will always be disappointed. If Romney wins, Obama supporters will be disappointed. Your reaction is normal dude.

NYPinoy

My condolences to you! Try to understand why people still support him despite the poor economy and myriad of other problems.

– NY-Pinoy, the exuberant Obama supporter

Karabukov

“We don’t know what Mitt is capable of but we are adequately acquainted with what Obama is not capable of.”
Your ignorant comments show the depths of your arrogance.

tra6Gpeche

On CNN, Mr. James Carville said: “They are really dying inside.” He meant those who wanted Mr. Romney to win. I would feel the same way, if I lost. So I understand your feeling, kabayan!

tamumd

What literally sitting around are you talking about? The guy has lots of progressive programs and policies to help America and middle class Americans, but the obstructionist and bitter Republicans made it their party platform to undermine the presidency from every direction and every opportunity they could get. The very first day the President assumed office in 2008, Mitch McConnel (R-Kentucky – the Senate Minority Leader) said “our number one priority is making sure president Obama’s a one-term president”. Well..he is flat out wrong and has to eat his words now!!

juantamad99

I’ll let you pass on you’re comment since you’re not an American, I’m also assuming you don’t leave there. Obama inherited the worst recession ever in American history, some say comparable , even worst than the great depression in the 20’s & 30’s. Lots of fixing the do and the slow phase was aggravated more by the Republicans who won’t even cooperate much less negotiate/compromise to alarming issues, since their number one target from day one is for Obama not having a second term. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure the consequences of their action. They would literally want American public to suffer under Obama and really don’t want America to recover under his watch to meet their objective. Whenever Obama has proposals to be applied and goes to congress for approval, Republicans just shot it down outright without giving any alternatives since they really have none, And that my friend causes the stagnation you are talking.
About Mitt promising heaven if elected. He’s known to flip-flop on issues for convenience. And that’s why people don’t trust him.

Jesse_Bruce_Pinkman

Well, thank you very much.

OK, I will let you pass with your grammar since you are an American.

Jesse_Bruce_Pinkman

Well then, thank you very much.

Ok, I’ll let you pass with your grammar since you’re an American.

juantamad99

Didn’t realized you’re more interested in grammar than relevant issues to get attention, By all means enlighten us more about proper english.

Jesse_Bruce_Pinkman

First of all, I take offense at you telling me you’re letting me pass. Who the fŭck do you think you are?

Second, if you don’t give a shiť about details, you have no fŭcking right to tell anyone about anything.

Third, you need to go back to school to learn how to fŭcking spell. Just because it’s not graded doesn’t mean you can be a fŭcking moŗon any way you like.

You think like you are a real American. Don’t forget that you are just an American on paper. You are not a real American. Real Americans do not want you. And real Americans hate you. Just because you got American citizenship doesn’t mean you’re one of the guys. Wake up! I fŭcking hate people like you. You are hollow and stupid and you are a moŗon with big words and no substance.

You are a fŭcking speck. Fŭċk you!

juantamad99

Not surprised from a Neandertal like you. You really must be proud.

Jesse_Bruce_Pinkman

Hay, pútang ina! Lahat na lang ng sagot mo may mali.

juantamad99

With so many ignorant comments here just shows lots of pinoy’s are bigots without even knowing.

NYPinoy

Congratulations, President Obama!

niceguy60

Congratulations to the reelected US president Obama.

dequis

Ang Pres. Noynoy hanggang Laos, sinisi ang dating adminstration ni GMA, o ayan malinaw;
Polls also showed that though only 39 percent of people believed that
the economy was
improving, around half of Americans blamed President
George W. Bush for the tenuous
situation, and not Obama.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_L7PILUDK6IPFGJLJNCM2IROCRY Albin

Tuwang tuwa sa galak ang mga bading at abortionists sa america.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_BL2GYU35SO6HTJUEAUTXS3QFYM George Lapulapu

The way conservatives demonized with their morality those who do not share their ideas is scary. And they claim to be pro-people, pro life. Conservatives claim to defend the unborn but demonize others who dont share their views. Thay is HYPOCRICY!!! That is INTOLERANCE–similar to Taliban….I dont like Obama, but I squirm in the thought of sharing pews with conservatives!!!

Albert Einstien

it is the foreign policy ..that made the difference….the TIMELY deployment of paficic nuclear armada… to defend american trade interest….in south china sea trade route….CONGRATS Pres. OBAMA…..

riza888

And Obama’s handling of Hurricane Sandy.

ApoNiLolo

Spot on! I was also thinking, his hands-on performance in New York and New Jersey was a big factor.

WeAry_Bat

That was very fast, in just a day.

tuldok

yup. Faster than i could cook my sinigang na bagoy and eat my dinner. I voted at 5:30 pm just right after work, Then I prepared/cooked my dinner after that. Obama was called at 8:18 pm. California with 55 electoral votes, closed at 7 pm, and with 16% of the votes counted, and Obama leading 66%-34%, they called it for Obama that quickly. I guess, statistics dont lie. As of this posting, only less than 100 votes separating the two candidates in 70+% of the popular vote counted. But Obama has a convincing win in terms of the Electoral Votes.

I wanted to vote for Roseann Barr of the Peace party or something, but last time she belted the National Anthem at the Superbowl in San Diego, she sucked!!!!

On behalf of the Philippine government, I congratulate president Obama.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_EDXEVEFHW2ZT5VWHDWBNM6XGE4 RyanE

Congratulations to Pres. Obama and to the Americans!! The game is over, time to close rank and move on.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_Z6R2QAY7UWNJMTCRTED3JZXPIA Joey

People generally view Obama as the more inclusive candidate. Even among those who believe that Romney has a better handle on the economy, many of them think that Obama understands their situation better.

tuldok

that is true

sacrebleau

Congratulations on your 2nd term Pres Obama!

Karabukov

From FoxNews:

President Obama won a second term in the White House Tuesday night, Fox News projects, overcoming concerns about the fragile economic recovery to edge out Republican nominee Mitt Romney.

Guest

SOB. Another four years of niggger darkness. But what to do. Once you black, you never go back. Another four years of niggger darkness.

riza888

That’s right, Alan, white people never took anything free. All white people are totally self-reliant, have never spent a food stamp or a welfare check. White owned businesses, never get billions in corporate welfare. Alan, you’re an idiot.

Another bigot. Another racist. Judging poeple by the color of their skin!!!!

Guest

if I were to take it back, will it make Obama less of a niggger?

http://profile.yahoo.com/ZUGKMNYSK2ZSSS4B2LVNDWP5XM lagalag

Inappropriate comment. Very racist

Guest

but very true.

Descarte

In my opinion, the socialist policy of Obama re-elected him, winning for example California, home of foreign immigrants. The fact that he won New York, the business state so to speak, would also imply that he got the approval fo business minded voters. It seems that Americans continue to prove that there is no more racial divide in the US.

With this comment, you’ll be remembered in this forum as an ignorant racist. People will ignore you and you’ll get nothing but negative reply just like the posts below! >: (

Guest

if I were to take it back, will it make Obama less of a niggger?

ApoNiLolo

Obama is neither a black person nor a member of the “socially disadvantage” class. His mother was white and his father was Kenyan. He was brought up in Hawaii and not in a place like the “suburbs” of Harlem. He is well educated, articulate and has an IQ well above yours.

That means calling him by the N-word is not only incorrect, it also shows your ignorance and stupidity!

Guest

Say what you want, but he looks too niggger to me and many of my folks. A niggger with a good IQ, that has never been established scientifically. Nice try.

The US Presidential election is over in no time at all. Amazing! And there is no blood spilled unlike the Philippine election. No vote buying, no charges of cheating, no major intimidation, physical or otherwise and very civil and peaceful. About the Philippine election? It is still very primitive! It is still 200 years or more behind! Amazing! As for Mr. Obama winning his 2nd term, I can truly say that I am happy for all American seniors, the women’s right to make their own decision and no unnecessary war to fight! I can really sleep good tonight! Amazing! Good night to everyone!

tuldok

bumoto ako kabayan mga 5:30 after work, 8:18 pm, na call na ang electoral votes for Obama. At that time, 16% pa lang ang reported votes from California as the polls just closed, but it was 66%-34% in favor of Obama on that 16% reported and they already called Calif for Obama!! I guess that is the beauty and power of statistics…

If you call that an act of vote buying, kabayan, then suit yourself! Gising na gising ako at napanood ko ang talumpati ni Mr. Romney. To his credit, he graciously accepts his defeat and did not accuse Mr. Obama of an act of vote buying! A big difference from you, kabayan!

ApoNiLolo

CONGRATULATION AMERICA for choosing wisely!!!
I just hope your lower house will work for the good of your people and not for their party. : )

ron paul

asa kapa… work with the president?? or president work with the house… hahahhaa…

ApoNiLolo

My second sentence is not about Obama against the lower house but about the lower house dominated by Republicans who are mostly self-serving aristocrats!

Read carefully! Think deeply! And then try again. >: D

tuldok

Donald Trump tweeted that “this is a sham election and that there is no more democracy in the US”! what bullcrap…

As far as I am concerned, the protagonists in this election are non-issue. It is about about how democracy works in the US.
Compare US election in Philippine election, we are hundred years behind in terms of maturity.Sure, they throw mud at each other during the campaign but will congratulate the winner hours after the results are announced.
In the Philippines, there are only 3 candidates, 1 is the cheater, the other is the cheated and the third is the nuisance. And each one is a winner, no loser. Most importantly, no news of election-related violations are reported, before, during and after the election.
In the Philippines, with still a year a to go before the election day, hundreds of supporters are hurt and/or killed, candidates are ambushed, or asked to be disqualified for being under-age, of for lack of residency, for carrying ugly face. Example, convoy of supporters and journalists were massacred on the way to comelec and the suspected perpetrators were top politicians supported by the president.
We have so much to learn from US election processes.
In the meantime, election in US is over and it is back to normal.

dodong1

well said my friend..i am glad i witnessed and be a part of this democracy as i voted one more time as a U.S. citizen..

Descarte

Adora Agim, an immigrant from Nigeria, said the chaos shouldn’t stop voting. “I have lived in a Third World country where your vote does not matter. It’s nice to be somewhere where it matters,”

May 2013, Fellow Filipinos, make your vote count! Don’t sell it to the devil.

ron paul

kaso kadaming Pinoy sa US ang d bomoto hahaha

virgoyap

If the counting of votes in the Philippines is as fast as in the U.S. then I think cheating will be very difficult. FPJ would have won the President.

adscity_info

Move on dude!

Marlanus

Ano ka si Garci?

pikloy

No Garci here in USA,

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2VLO53PRSSY76BZOWLOHJDM33M jeray

nabigay din si FPJ sa amin….

ThudOthwacker

Gloria’s comelec is the fastest. Where in the world you could find a few minutes after counting, they’ll be administering presidential oath at the wee hour. While people are fast asleep. That’s a world record!

There was a joke about Marcos, Gorvachev and Reagan – who were in a plane that is about to crash and had only one parachute to save one life. Gorvachev yellled to get the parachute and claimed that he is the leader of the biggest communist country in the world. Reagan disagreed and grabbed the parachute from Gorbachev saying he should have it as he is the leader of the greatest democracy in the world. Enter the dragon Marcos – who screamed “no, no,, no!” Let’s do a votation on this. So he gave the two presidents a ballot and a pen to vote. He has one too. After the voting, Marcos did the counting and he won the parachute with the score 3-2!

TheMightyOne

godbless america!

ron paul

you bit they need that a LOT…. maraming mangyayari in the next few months… this may lead US to the kangkungan…. FISCAL CLIFF IS right in the corner….

tuldok

Concession speech right now by Romney. He calls for unity and hopes that Obama will truly guide the nation..

dodong1

this is how they should do in the Philippines when they lose the election..accept defeat without any doubts of being cheated by the opponent…

Hey_Dudes

If you think there is gridlock in the Philippines well get a load of this. They re-elected someone based on race, the house is deeply in the republican control while the senate still in Harry Reid control. This election have but managed to create the biggest gridlock ever in the USA election ever. It does not auger well since there is no incentive to do anything different from what this administration has done in the it’s first term. Over here in northern california, gasoline is now $4.83 per gallon and with the sales tax petition appearing to be winning, we will have the highest sales tax in the whole USA at 10.5%. Welcome all you illegals you can call America your home anytime you want to get in.

dodong1

Breaking news:
Romney concedes to Obama in phone call

tuldok

That’s always the norm. They have always done that. Congratulatory phone call first to the winner then then a concession speech delivered before their supporters in their headquarters or home city.

dodong1

i know that i don’t think that ever happens in the Philippines as most of them do not concede defeat easily..the loser always claim that they were cheated..

I can collect my $50 bet on Obama tomorrow!!!! (friendly bet with a relative who is very pro Romney).

ron paul

A CORRUPT one in the US hahaha….

tuldok

FOX NEWS is like a wake the last couple of hours…

calixto909

AS PREVIOUSLY PREDICTED THE ELOQUENT ACTOR WON OVER A PERCEIVED DOER NEVERTHELESS, CONGRATS OBAMA AND HOPEFULLY, THESE 4 YEARS OF TENURE, YOU’LL FULFILL THE DREAMS OF YOUR COUNTRYMEN.

ron paul

asa pa sila.. it sure will be a NIGHTMARE for Americans…. bwahahahhaa…..

Descarte

The US election process went well and orderly but that is not because of either Obama or Romney, it is their established system already. In as much as Americans are hesitant to vote for Obama because he can’t paint a better future for the US for his next term, Romney did not present a better option. Anyway, what do we really expect in this new term of Obama? It’s wait and see and I will leave it that way. Of course I am always optimistic.

Meanwhile we have our own election in May 2013, and unlike in the US we don’t have system. You can’t call it a system if it’s in disarray and dysfunctional because even the Philippine election became the source of corruption, vote buying, malversation of fund that is supposed to buy the equipment, etc.,

In the coming election let us all be vigilant and use the technology, our gadgets and the social media. Bring your phones with video recorder and watch out for any election irregularity, even during the campaigns, all those that you mentioned below. Post it in youtube, FB, etc., and let us all together fix our own election. We can all be remorseful comparing our election with that of the US but we can’t change that unless we, ourselves help in eradicating it. Please remember this come May 2013.

Had anybody recorded the encounter of Ms. Tacazon with Mr. Enrile, the whole nation would already know what will happen with Enrile in May 2013 depending on the veracity of the reports.

LuwigVonMises

why is it that people seem to be so happy about this useless election because obama or romney. it wouldn’t really make a difference for the people of the middle east because both are practically the same. both have no intention of changing their foreign policies even though U.S. have massacred millions of innocent people in the middle east and still nobody cares.. today u.s. is no longer the symbol of freedom that it use to be it is slowly turning to a very big monster. that eventually have to die like every murderous nation before it.

enjoy your freedom of expression, something not possible to most of the world, USA and UK are the police of the world and will always do “The right thing”, communists and arab dictators will not, you will be killed if you say or wrote anything they don’t like.
In the Middle East, the vast majority of people are killed by other muslims, in fact.

Your freedom,of expression has been won by past US and UK soldiers.
Yes say what you like, freedom is yours, you live in a land protected by USA

LuwigVonMises

please don’t use the word freedom in a sentence because it is clear that your knowledge about it is limited to utter ignorance. freedom is not something another country could enforce to another country. people embrace freedom because of the realization that it is the one that gives the best results. freedom is the legacy of the western nations because they are the one’s who first embrace freedom that made them the most prosperous. but today specially the u.s. are turning to something else. listen to ron paul on youtube so he could explain it all.

riza888

@Hey_Dudes:disqus
The American people have SPOKEN, all you rightwing nuts need to either get on board or STFU. Obama’s now a two-term president. He’s OUR president and if he’s not yours..then apparently you’re not an American. We survived 8 years of that IDIOT Bush.. you’ll survive Obama.

tuldok

Right on pards…. exit polls show that 50% of those who voted for Obama still blames Dubya for the mess we’re in… And rightfully so. He and the “true” president of the time -Dick Cheney…

http://twitter.com/Sizzle75Ian ian martinez

Romney was an embarassingly bad candidate, why was he picked? Tax avoider and gaffe prone, with false smile, can’t they find better than him?
It’s all a big sham, of course, the real election is Big Brother and Pop Idol for the hoi polloi.
And the right wingers are big big supporters of democracy in other countries, of course, but when it comes to USA, the voters are always welfare recipients, chinese loving losers

Cheers and Chants for re-elected president of the US Barack Obama..Indeed one of the best statesman for an inspiring speech, as he said, “the best is yet to come”,”we (also referring to presidential opponent Romney) battled fiercely because we both love this country very much”, “you (referring to his supporters) lifted me up and I am very grateful”, ” though you did not vote for me (Romney’s supporter), I will listen to you”; “hope is the stubborn things inside us” and referring to one of the US democratic principle ” peoples are risking their lives to argue (referring to freedom of speech and right to vote)”; …He thanked GOD…hahahahaha!….Anyways, wishing that hope and optimism still rekindles US…

tuldok

Great speech. Even called Mitt Romney’s parents by their first names and applauded their service to the country. Love that line when he said the long lines at the polling booths and (sic) similar chaotic problems on election day – should be fixed.

http://profile.yahoo.com/ZAGLJJK2TX43RSBUUBGFPT3YIM Robert

Isa ka ba sa pumila ng matagal?

tuldok

Hindi naman. Mga 5 minutes lang. Mga 20 tao lamang nasa line. I voted after work at around 5:30 pm. Booth is open till 7 pm. One mile away lamang sa tirahan ko ang booth (inside the city hall). I could have voted by mail but I didnt. What I want the govt to fix are the voting problems that always happen in the states of Ohio and Florida (missing names, disenfranchised voters, some people being blocked off voting precincts, faulty machines, faulty ballots (some booths run out of ballots coz of a big turn-out so they have to make do with xerox copies and manually count them)

tuldok

Other problems that occur are: partisan intimidation (yes, meron din ganyan dito but panaka naka lang naman.) In Colorado, one guy was asked to leave because he was wearing a Massachussetts Institute of Technology sweatshirt – which of course read MIT. akala nila politicking for MITT Romney!!
In Ohio, there were reports of faulty machines, faulty ballots (local elections lamang – wala sa presidential), inaccurate list of voters etc.. Dito sa binotohan ko, ni hindi man lamang hiningi ID ko. I think because when i registered to vote weeks ago, I already showed my driver’s license as proof of my ID. Sa presinto, tinanong lang Last Name initial ko, tapos may makapal na list sila at madaling nahanap pangalan ko after asking my full name. Then i signed my name across it and BINGO – botohan na. There were a lot of measures, propositions and statutes to be voted on if you like (state and city wide) kaya pinag-aralan ko pa ring mabuti mga implications nun. So over all, mga 10 minutes din bago ko sinubmit ang ballot ko.

Sa Nevada, sa isang small precinct, NBC reporte that a winning vote was for “none of the above” !!! no kidding

oh it’s more fun on election time!!! Even the TV actress Roseann Barr was on the ballot for President of Amerida (nuisane candidate kumbaga sa Pilipinas). Last i checked, she had 115 total votes!!!

http://profile.yahoo.com/ZAGLJJK2TX43RSBUUBGFPT3YIM Robert

Cheers and Chants for re-elected president of the US Barack Obama..Indeed one of the best statesman for an inspiring speech, as he said, “the best is yet to come”,”we (also referring to presidential opponent Romney) battled fiercely because we both love this country very much”, “you (referring to his supporters) lifted me up and I am very grateful”, ” though you did not vote for me (Romney’s supporters), I will listen to you”; “hope is the stubborn things inside us” and referring to one of the US democratic principles ” peoples are risking their lives to argue (referring to freedom of speech and right to vote)”; …He thanked GOD…hahahahaha!….Anyways, wishing that hope and optimism still rekindles US…

Pitbulldog

Sinabi na niya yan nung 2008 a.

Pert Cabatana

“though only 39 percent of people believed that the economy was improving, around half of Americans blamed President George W. Bush for the tenuous situation, and not Obama.” This clearly underlines the strategic importance of the presidential election. The president that we elect today has an impact for the next 10-30 years. Note that in the Philippines, we still feel the impact (positive and negative) of Marcos, Cory, FVR, ERAP, GMA. So, let’s be very careful about electing presidents.

tuldok

You are exactly right. Early exit polls reveal that 50% of the voters still blame Bush for the mess we inherited.

Pitbulldog

That is how the Democrats fine tuned the mindset of Americans, and by using the blame game on Bush everytime they fail, they were able to hide the fact that they are the culprits in the last four years, especially this idiot. Gaya ng ungas na P-noy, 4 years na dyan, GMA pa rin lumalabas sa bunganga. Iwas pusoy. Okey, after 4 years, let us see kung ang blame game nila ay uubra pa.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_5QJUD47DAPM2Y5J3AEMCE2C624 John TWT

I believe Republican Ron Paul would have been the best man to fix America.
Obama and Romney…they’re both stooges of a system that has eaten away at this country’s wealth and might.
But it seems everywhere in the world (at least those in ‘democratic’ countries), sensible votes are rare and scarce.

http://twitter.com/Sizzle75Ian ian martinez

He was the only one who had radical view of how to fix the economy, the others are more populist, but Paul would have fixed the economy

riza888

Ron Paul is an old man stuck in the idea that all of the problems in the world stem from people who don’t look, think or feel as he does. If you aren’t white or male then the country is coddling you (nevermind that the exact opposite is true which is why we adopted things like the civil rights act and the American Disabilities Act). He has a very narrow viewpoint of the world and he doesn’t wish to expand it. Do you want to abolish the FDA and let the market determine the safety of drugs? Ron Paul does.
Ron Paul may indeed be a very nice old man however his opinions ultimately do not lead to a diverse, tolerant, and more caring community. And those values are incredibly important to me as a parent.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_5QJUD47DAPM2Y5J3AEMCE2C624 John TWT

Narrow?
If Americans listened to Ron Paul and Peter Schiff, among others, back in the early 2000’s when they were explaining how unsustainable and inefficient the economy was being run (mostly influenced by the Fed) and that a crisis was hiding behind the bubble, we would be seeing a stronger USA…and certainly many parents would be better off then they are now.
Texans can attest to the soundness of Mr Paul’s initiatives.
Mr Paul’s ideas were tested in the debates and his opponents found it hard to rebut most of them.
Mainstream America will reap their mainstream policies and will just have to live with its tragic outcomes.

wilfredo andaluz

What USA would have been if presidential candidate Ross Perrot had won the presidential election.

Guest

That you get 2 likes for your comment is much telling about the state of education in this country. The widespread welfare state mentality in the Phils is scary.

i know. you are right. who let obama won? the immigrants and stamp beneficiaries.the problem is still the economy but it doesnt matter to them as long as they are legalized. next they will be scrambling wantonly finding jobs. hope his campaign promise will not just sweet talk from obama

martial_law_baby

Funny these FilAM Romney lovers whining about another more years on dole outs and welfare. You are criticizing the system which you are benefiting. Do you think you’ll have a job there in the US of A if not some Americans were displaced by you and so they are now on welfare. The irony is, you left the Philippines because you want a better life. So who is lazy now? Meantime we here in the PH are stuck in the rut and working up our arse just to make this country a better place to live in. If you hate the system you are into there in the US of A, then get your brown arse back here now in PH and contribute positively instead of whining a lot. But I guess you are just too lazy so you’ll just continue complaining on the system you are benefitting and wait for us here in the PH to make our motherland a better place to live so you can come back home. Sino ngayon ang tamad?

martial_law_baby:Maybe the Pinoys can learn from the Germans. After WWII, the Germans didn’t opt to go to America in masses to have a better living but instead sacrificed their pastimes and youth and worked up their backs to rebuild the nation. The result is all well-known.(It is admirable what this country achieved and despite the demographic winter this country is predicted to go through, acc. to HSBC, Germany will still be on high level playing field in terms of economics – number 5 – in 2050. The much praised predicted no. 16 position of the Philippines looks pale to that despite a much younger, larger population it will have at that time).

july13a

I am a Filipino now a US citizen and I am proud to say that I feel more american than ever with President Obama. What an eloquent and bright dude.

http://profile.yahoo.com/TP6YY66XPT63YFGHDKYTMIO4CM Daniel

Though we lost, it is just proper to congratulate President Barak Obama! We just hope that reorganization of the cabinet would also take place.

He is a Mormon, and I think one of its tenets is to be gracious in defeat. Made me respect the man for that nice concession speech.

Pitbulldog

And he could have been the best alternative for this Noynoying US president. Pathetic choice ng mga Amerikano.

1Fz20

note President Obama’s speech up to the end…its all about victory against prejudice…something no gop would dare talk about, since they’re full of it, besides the lack of competence…pity pinoys trying hard on gop’s, they have no idea they are not liked.

tuldok

exactly!.

Jamm3r

obama won … just saying … i really don’t like the first lady, maitim ….. ang kili kili hahahahaha

After Obama’s win, let’s see how the market and those people in Wall St would react. They contributed 3:1 for Romney’s campaign. ….Let’s see those CEO’s that say that they would lay-off employees in case of Obama winning the presidency….hehehehe!

tuldok

Ted Nugent – the rock artist – said he will leave the US if Obama wins. Let’s see what he does now.!!!

Ikaw ba naman tawaging American from the US of A. Kahit sungki sungki ngipin at pisa pagmumukha, at least kano from tate yan.

RONNIE858

Tama ka! Bullseye.

blainz

Congrats to Obama and the Fil-Am democrats here.

Americans are correct in not pinning the economy woes to the incumbent. The US took more than a decade and WWII mobilization to get itself out of the 30’s Great Depression. This recession that started with the 2007 Wall Street Crash is second only to that, yet there are signs of recovery already in 4 years. I hope Obama can show his leadership with an America in resurgence, not merely as a sweeper for the Bush administration’s failures. In this respect, Obama’s situation mirrors that of PNoy.

I still believe that Republicans would have served themselves better if they nominated Ron Paul. He would still have lost to Obama, by a greater margin, but at least the GOP would have redirected the debate on proper channels; like how to cut the deficit, reexamining the military-industrial complex, and putting the Fed on audit. Right now, the Republicans are too focused upon religion on domestic issues and war on foreign policy; any economic policy they advance either harkens back to Bush or offer no real difference to the Democrats. The perception of the party being racist is not helped by fielding a Mormon. The Republicans need to retool their party or the incoming younger demographic will make them irrelevant in presidential elections to come.

Oh, and funny seeing Filipinos here being so bitter about an election that doesn’t involve them . OA na kayo.

kilabot

this is a classic example of bad people succeeds because good people do nothing or deceived. how can lgbt perverts, babykillers, junkies, bums and freeloaders dictate the political outcome? a failure in moral education, just like in the philippines. erap’s election as president comes to mind.

Guest

Well, the devil whose name is “Democracy” (it should be rather “democrazy”) made the success of the “bad people” possible.

BTW, if you even admit moral failures of the Philippines, don’t you ask yourself, if the Church has a big share of blame? See flip-flop position of the pope on condoms, or, in Philippine context, Cardinal Sin’s silence on Arroyo.

Guest

The RCC is shadow of itself and a whole joke. I observed it in the last years and sometimes ask myself: How low can that institution become?

In Philippines, it did not stop Playboy and other evils, corruption flourishes in this fully pseudo-Catholic country and so on. Also, the misunderstanding of this forgiving culture contributes a lot to the malaise of this country. (Spain at least knew, when forgiving is not an option. – Of course that country went into the moral toilet bowl since the end of Francisco Franco.)

rock7222

CONGRATULATIONS To ALL Asian-americans who supported Obama!!!

I just got home from the Virginia Victory party for Obama in Fairfax county, VA!

It was an UNBELIEVABLE night for Asian-Americans both in Virginia & Nationally !

As some of you are aware, Virginia was a SWING State! It was a Very Tough race & We Pulled it off!!!!

Obama won Virginia by over 100,000 votes in a close race! ( Out of about 3.5 million Virginians who voted)

The Most Asians & Filipinos here are VERY PROUD of is the fact that based on Exit polls of the Virginia Union data- about 237,000 Asian-Americans voted today in Virginia.

And Obama WON among Asian-Americans by 36 POINTS !!!! That’s an unbelievable # that we never expected. Asian-Americans PLAYED a BIG ROLE in Helping Obama secure the 100,000 margin of Victory here !!!

In 2008, Obama won the Asian-American vote in Virginia by 23 points ! So we basically improved the Asian-americans for Democrat Obama by 13 more points in 2012! to 36 points!!!

We Literally Matched the Latino-americans who gave Obama a 36 point win as well here in VA! We never expected that!!!

ALL the HARDWORK of Asian volunteers for Obama paid off big time!!!

According to AADL, Obama WON ALL Asian-American groups in Virginia- Chinese, Filipinos, Indians, Koreans, Vietnamese, Cambodians, Japanese & Pakistanis!!!!

The EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE part is NATIONALLY across the United states, based on CNN Polls- Obama
won the Asian-American vote by 47 POINTS !!!!! 73% for Obama vs. 26% for Romney !

BIG BIG Thanks to a United Filipino community & all the various organizations headed by
alumni associations of UP, Ateneo, De Lasalle, FEU, UE, Assumption, St.Scholastica, San Beda College and of course the Filipino-american Democrats of Virginia, the Filipino-American Labor Union Council, the Filipino-American VA Chamber of Commerce, the Filipino-American VA Business Owners Association, etc.

For those of you who follow US politics & the demographic changes in America- the Republican Party will face an ever worse Nightmare in 2016 unless the dying moderates within the Republican party take control of their party from these Conservative Nutwings within the party!

Every 4 years, the share of White voters goes down 2%-4%!

In 2004, Whites were 77% of voters, in 2008 it was 74%, today in 2012 it was 72%

in 2016, many predict they will either be at 70% or even at 69%

While Latinos,Asians & Blacks keep rising at 2%-4% !

And since in 2012, 9 out of 10 blacks voted for Democrats, 7 out of 10 Latinos voted for Democrats, and 7 out of 10 Asians voted for Democrats – the republicans are in trouble!

Just like in 2008, about 4 out of 10 whites voted for Democrats !

That was enough to win in 08 & 12!

Both Respected Republican Analyst Alex Castellenos & Respected Conservative Columnist & staunch Republican Writer William Kristol BOTh said they could SEE Republicans losing 2016 & 2020 & beyond in bigger numbers unless the Republican party finds a way to reach out to minorities!!!

They see the FVE BIGGEST HEADACHES in Demographics for Republicans are:

1) Latinos are the fastest growing # of First Time voters & is expected to 3% to as high as 5% of new voters by 2016

2) Asian-american voters are expected to TRIPLE in % to about 9%-10% of electorate by 2020

Young white voters today are expected to be about 1/3 of All white voters by 2020!

4) Many Republican analyst expect a Swing of at least 10% of Older White voters 65 yrs & older back to the Democrats by 2016 when a Black Man is No Longer running for President!

If the Democrats nominate a white person for President like say Hillary Clinton, Gov. Patrick O’Malley or Gov. Andrew Coumo in 2016, they expected a significant percentage of Older, More conservative & traditional senior citizens to once again swing back to democrats because of issues concerning retirement, social security & medicare!

5) Both believe that Two Large states of Arizona & Texas are about to become Swing states by 2016 or latest 2020 due to the RAPID 1st time voters among Latinos & Asians.

( Texas would find itself in the VERY SAME TRANSFORMATION that other southern states like Virginia & Florida have gone thru. Once solid Republican states that are NOW being won by Democrats because of democraphic changes!)

If they lose Texas together with FL, PA & the two other largest states of CA & NY – You are NOT going to see a Republican win national office for years!

Same with Arizona, it is expected to follow the footsteps of its neighbors Colorado & Nevada !

Colorado & Nevada used to be solid Republican two decades ago. Today, it has been strong democratic leaning states in national elections due to the RISE of New Latino voters & Asian voters!

doncleo

The solution is to dissolve the GOP to purge itself of ultra right conservatives (Tea Party)and neo-cons…their ideas and principles are out of this world..Egomaniac,bigots, paranoid,callous,elitist,anti-people..you name it..

usaf9

Poor Americans. Another 4 years of economic stagnation, cowardice foreign policy and coddling with China. You were mesmerized by the sweet nonsense promises of Obama in 2008. Continue what? deficits national debt and joblessness. Americans entrusted their lives to a black who were persecuted by the whites for hundred of years. Obama and his ilks must be rolling on the floor laughing. It’s very possible Obama has a hidden agenda. Obama doesn’t deserve a 2nd term. He is a redundant president.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_5QJUD47DAPM2Y5J3AEMCE2C624 John TWT

True. But also even if Romney won. They’re really not much different from each other.

I’m just gonna sit down relax and enjoy while I’m eating popcorn and watching this guy screw america for another 4 years..cheers!

doncleo

Yes, becoz you are lazy in laife..

tra6Gpeche

Then, you will not enjoy. Mr. Obama will definitely make America much better! No more unnecessary wars, more jobs, better immigration policy, American Seniors will be secured and women will have the right to make their own decision as far as their body is concerned.

Pitbulldog

Ang gulo ng last statement mo. Woemn will have the right to make their own decision – have more fun because morning pills are availble. abort the child if you forgot to take you pill before the action. Enjoy life more because pot is no longer prohibited. It is more fun in the USA talaga, yan ang gusto nyo.

Ganon ba? Americanized ka na nga dahil andyan ka na marahil. You have lost that Flipino trait of parental responsibility and concern for your children. Philippines is still not at the l.evel of what you hope na “awareness” kuno dahil very aware na kayo diyan sa rights nyo. Do not drag to hell with you those who still have kept their faith and fear of God . You should know when to stop your exceses or that country you learned to love will be going to the dogs. Yan ang isaisip mo, Kabayan. Paganahinn mo knosensiya mo para alam mo kung ano ang tama o mali.

Okay, saludo ako dyan. If you have been a responsible person, so be a responsible parent to your children as well. You should know how to distinguish which is morally better for them in the long run, or what good ideals and policies to embrace or discard. It is not about politically correctness or pro-choice. It is what is morally right.

I do not generally comment on posts by readers here. But I certainly find Mr. Alan Bitter Gayetano’s use of the N word very disgusting.

Cussing and the use of politically incorrect words have no place in any forum of opinions.

I do not know the person, his residence or his political affiliations. Whether he is a US citizen or a republican does not matter. He certainly is a bane to any cause that he espouses.

If he is a republican or a tea party advocate, this is the kind of language that has helped Obama win. Unfortunately, he does not get it.

http://profile.yahoo.com/4J745ACLOQHP3PHPA6ZOTBEHDE Erlinda

Congratulations! King Obama and Queen Michelle. If you really care about the country and the people please donate your salary and millions of stocks to the poor. Tell Queen Michelle to avoid travelling around the world at the expense of the taxpayers. Stop playing the blame game. I do hope that you will dig a big hole and bury all your luxuries in life and yourself when your allah will call you home.

rtsantos2012

Obama inherited a very bad economy from Bush to start with and to rebuild it from the ground simply will take time. It will take a lot of patience and most of all a lot of sacrifice from the American people before recovery and comfortable life can be felt by all. I cannot imagine that Bush was cutting taxes for the rich while facing two wars and to finance this war, they have to barrow money from China hence a very big deficit occurred that has to be address right now otherwise the financial consequence will effect the whole world in a bad way. Patience with Obama is the name of the game here.